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蕉 — 15 strokes ／ Radical「艹」

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準1University / general ／ 15 strokes ／ Radical「艹」
On
ショウしょう · shō
Kun
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Meaning
plantain; banana

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Grass with 焦 as phonetic: the broad-leaved plantain.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 芭蕉ばしょう

    plantain; the poet Bashō

  • 蕉風しょうふう

    the Bashō style of haiku

More words with this kanji

  • 芭蕉布ばしょうふ

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

蕉風(しょうふう)の俳句(はいく)を学(まな)んでいる。

I am studying haiku in the Bashō style.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

芭蕉蕉風蕉芭banana…風wind芹Japane…芙lotus苅mow芥mustar…苑garden丞assist庄manor妾concub…昌prospe…秤scales
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 艹Map of reading ショウAll maps

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